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Old 06-17-2010, 08:13 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
...As far as the perceived necessity of using the most recently-developed technology and throwing anything older on the rubbish heap: Hogwash...

People still have clocks and watches with hands (hands!) when digital watches have been available for decades...

I'm a bit of a contradiction...
I had to laugh at parts of your post (although you make a good point). You're not the only contradiction. I wear an analog dial watch because I work Renaissance Festivals and have to keep track of time (I hide the watch under my sleeve). Since I don't wear my 21st century glasses (they had glasses in the 16th century but they are a pain in neck to wear) and I'm pretty much blind from about 10 foot in (I wear trifocals), I have to have a watch that I can see without glasses. A large dial analog works fine for that. I have a mix of analog and digital clocks scattered around the house; the analogs for distance when I don't have my glasses on and the digitals to fill in the gaps. Digitals are more accurate but analogs are easier for me to see, especailly at a glance.

To keep an already too long post from becoming too much longer. There is nothing wrong with keeping some older technology while being willing to adopt new technology. I grew up and lived much of my adult life before cell phones became available (and the early ones were monsters). I have a bare bones cell phone and plan for emergency use only but I'm comfortable with not being connected at the hip (lip?) 24/7. But at the same time, I've become dependent on computers. I accept new technology when I need it but will still cling to the old when I prefer it. But then, I'm old (61).
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